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Monday, 26 October 2015

Last of the Hanging Tomatoes and Trailing Nasturtiums

I don't have very much to share, sadly the only squash I had growing in the garden collapsed and rotted. The garden is a proper mess, like an abandoned allotment plot. We are hoping to tidy up the garden plot on Sunday.Oh did I mention that we were away for a week a couple of weeks back to the South of France, Marseille to be more specific. Anyway, these are the last lot of tomatoes harvested from the garden.

Most of them are fine and dandy, but as you can see some are split - especially the Black Russian variety.

Other than the odd raspberry here and there, the only colour in the garden is coming from the nasturtiums.

I am loving the way they are trailing along the border of the path and trying to creep over.

Moreso, it was lovely to see a bumbling bee bull dozing in and out of them - just look closely.

Plenty of shredded green leaves, but kneel down and you will find some Brussels Sprouts. I harvested some over the weekend for a simple meal. I am sharing this measly harvest with Dave over at Our Happy Acres who is hosting Harvest Monday on behalf of Daphne's Dandelions.

12 comments:

I'm on my last basket of tomatoes too. These are savoured as much as the first tomatoes as we know that this will be it until next summer. So jealous of the Brussels sprouts! I tried growing them many years ago with little success - but they are on my list to try again at some point.

Yes, now we have to wait until next Summer :( but at least this year was good. I tend to do okay with sprouts, but this year a little disappointing because of the cabbage butterfly and our fault for not putting netting over them

Thank goodness I am not the only one with a messy veg plot. Ours has been much neglected recently but the nasturtiums are absolutely loving it. It's been a wonderful year for them. I haven't got round to making nasturtium capers though, even though I have been silently promising to do so.

:) Lets unite in messy plots, we are hoping to get some work done this w/e, it will be a start. Yes, I have been wanting to make nasturtium capers too, and may be do still. I use capers a lot, in vegetarian Puttanesca and pasta salads, so it would be economical to make my own. Hope your well x